HANGER FOR BABY CARE PRODUCTS

Abstract: Hanger for baby care products, such as containers for soap, powder, and skin preparations and for cloths, towels, etc., comprising hanger arms (2) arranged on a spherical base member (1) designed to be placed near a changing table or bathinette for infants. The hanger arms (2) project outward and downward from the base member (1) and are formed with hanger means (3) such as hooks (3'), loops (3''), gripper fingers (3''') at the outer ends thereof. The base member (1) is attached to the underside of a container (5) provided with a door (5d), in which container may be placed a toilet paper roll, such that the toilet paper may be extracted through a slot (5a) between the door (5d) and the side wall (5c). The container (5) is provided with attachment means (6) at the top side thereof for engagement with a suspension cord (4). The hanger arms (2) are detachable and are fastened to attachment holes (1a) on the base member (1). The hanger's base member (1) is designed such that it may be put into the container (5) together with theshaft journal (9) and centering plate (10) for placement into a sales package, with the hanger arms detached and arranged outside the container (5). A compact package is thus obtained.

Description: HANGER FOR BABY CARE PRODUCTS. The present invention relates to a hanger for baby care products, such as containers for soap, powder, and skin preparations and for cloths, towels, etc. The care (bathing/changing) of an infant under normal circumstances takes place at a changing area in a home, which changing area may be a fixed plate or board, a table or counter or, for example, a changing surface which may be swung out of the way, on a bathinette mounted on a stand. The necessary baby care products such as cloths and towels may be hung on hooks in the immediate vicinity of the changing area, e.g. , on hooks on a wall. The other baby care products will generally lie about on the changing table in a random order or disorder. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a hanger for baby care products which may be suspended near the changing area in such a manner that all of the baby care products may easily be reached from the changing table, and with the aid of which hanger said baby care products are always located in a permanent place and are easy to find or to see . This is achieved according to the invention by means of the characterizing features disclosed in the characterizing clause of the following independent claim 1, and in the subsequent dependent claims. Thus, with the present invention there is provided a hanger for baby care products of the type described above, where a base member suspended by a suspension cord is equipped with outwardly projecting hanger arms provided with hanger means in the form of, e.g. , hooks, loops or gripper fingers, whereon the various baby care products may be hung up or securely held. For example, cloths and towels may be hung up on said hooks, while containers -- preferably tapered inward at their outlet openings -- may be placed in said loops or between said gripper fingers for retention thereof with the outlet openings/sprinkler openings/dispenser nozzles oriented downward so as to be in a position ready for use when they are gripped, and so that the container contents are fed out when pressure is exerted on the container or, alternatively, in the case of powder containers, where the powder is sprinkled out when the container is shaken. It is apparent from the above that a hanger for baby care products according to the present invention will facilitate the daily care of infants by ensuring that all the baby care products are found in their respective places in the suspended hanger. The invention will be described in more detail in the following, with reference to an embodiment example of the invention, illustrated in the figures. In the figures, Figure 1 shows the hanger in perspective with the parts detached from one another, but with two hanger arms attached to the base member; Figure 2 shows the hanger in assembled state, with the container door open; Figure 3 shows the same as Figure 2, but with the container door closed and with the various baby care products arranged on the hanger means and in the container, respectively; Figure 4 shows a section of the base member with a through- going hole and shaft located therein, with a stop collar and fastening nut, together with a hanger means in the form of a hook, provided with snap means complementary with snap means in the base member; and Figure 5 shows the hanger with the base member disposed within the container together with the shaft journal and centering plate, with the hanger arms detached from the base member and the entire unit arranged in a sales package. As shown in Figure 1 , the hanger according to the invention consists of a base member 1, which is preferably spherical, to which are attached, preferably releasably, hanger arms 2 projecting outward and downward from base member 1, which arms are formed with hanger means 3, such as hooks 3', loops 3'' , gripper fingers 3''' at the outer ends thereof. Base member 1 is adapted for attachment directly or indirectly to a suspension cord 4 depending from a suspension point. Base member 1 is provided with attachment means la, which preferably are composed of attachment holes for insertion and retention of the inner ends 2a of hanger arms 2. Said inner ends 2a and attachment holes la may be provided with complementary snap means, such as shown in Figure 4, where said inner ends 2a are provided with a collar 2d for engagement with a corresponding recess lb in attachment hole la. The outer longitudinal section 2b of hanger arms 2 is preferably fabricated of a flexible, formable material for the adapting of the hanger means 3 to the shape and nature of the various baby care products, and for the forming of hook 3' to an appropriate size and curvature in relation to the cloth, towel, etc. , to be hung thereon. The inner longitudinal section 2c of hanger arms 2 is preferably fabricated of a material of stable form in order to attain the desired direction and projection position from base member 1. As is apparent from Figure 1 , base member 1 is spherical with attachment means la arranged in mutually spaced relationship along the equatorial region thereof. The spherical base member 1 has a through-going hole lb between the polar regions thereof and a shaft 7, placed in hole lb, having a stop collar 7a at one end thereof and a nut 7b at the other end thereof for engagement with a threaded connecting piece 8 on the underside 5b of a container, which container 5 is positioned in between base member 1 and suspension cord 4. Container 5 is preferably cylindrical and has a door 5d in the side wall 5c thereof, said door preferably constituting about 180° of the cylindri¬ cal side wall 5c of the container. Container 5 is designed for insertion of a toilet paper roll, and toilet paper may be extracted through a slot 5a between one edge of door 5d and the edge of side wall 5c. The slot may preferably be provided with a serrated edge. In the bottom of container 5 there is preferably provided a shaft journal 9 for insertion into the center of the toilex paper roll for guidance of said roll during the extraction of paper through said slot 5a. To facilitate the insertion of the toilet paper roll onto the shaft journal, the latter is preferably positioned on a centering plate 10 for loose placement on the bottom of container 5, which centering plate is held in place by means of the side walls 5c and door 5d of container 5 in its closed position. Figure 3 shows the hanger in use with the baby care products in the form of cloths, towels, containers and tubes placed in the hanger means 3 of hanger arms 2, namely hooks 3' and loops 3'' (gripper fingers 3''' are not shown here). As shown in the figure, container 5 and hanger arms 2 may be provided with various types of decoration/ornamentation, and the ends of hooks 3' may be formed as balls/knobs onto which faces are drawn. The same applies, for example, to attach- ment means 6 on container 5, which may comprise a ball on which a face is drawn. Such a decorative ball may also be placed outside stop collar 7a on the shaft 7 running through base member 1, which at the other end thereof is provided with a nut 7b for engagement with a threaded connecting piece 8 on the underside 5b of container 5.

Claims: P a t e n t C l a i m s 1. A hanging device preferably for baby care products, such as containers for soap, powder, skin preparations and for cloths, towels, etc., comprising hanger arms (2) arranged on a base member (1) preferably designed to be suspended near a changing table or bathinette for infants, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the hanger arms (2) , as known per se. project outward and downward from the base member (1) and are formed with hanger means (3) such as hooks (3'), loops (3*')» gripper fingers (3*'') at the outer depending ends thereof, which base member (1) is adapted for attachment to the underside of a container (5) having a closable opening for, e.g., a paper roll, which container is equipped with attachment means (6) for engagement with a suspension cord (4) or the like, depending from a suspension point, said base member (1) being arranged for placement into the container (5) either alone or together with the hanger arms (2), thereby to obtain a compact package unit for packing into sales packaging or for transport. 2. A hanging device according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the base member (1) is provided with attachment means (la) for releasable attachment of the inner ends (2a) of the hanger arms (2). 3. A hanging device according to claim 2, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the attachment means (la) on the base member (1) are composed of attachment holes for insertion and retention of the inner ends (2a) of the hanger arms (2 ). 4. A hanging device according to claim 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said inner ends (2a) and attachment holes (la) are provided with complementary snap means. 5. A hanging device according to any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the outer longitudinal section (2b) of the hanger arms (2) is fabrica¬ ted of a flexible, formable material for the adapting of the hanger means (3) to the shape and nature of the various baby care/toiletry products. 6. A hanging device according to claim 5, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the inner longitudinal section (2c) of the hanger arms (2) is fabricated of a material of stable form. 7. A hanging device according to any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the base member (1) is spherical with the attachment means (la) arranged in mutually spaced relationship along the equatorial region thereof. 8. A hanging device according to claim 7, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the spherical base member (1) has a through-going hole (lb) between the polar regions thereof and a shaft (7) placed in said hole (lb) with a stop collar (7a) at one end thereof and a nut (7b) at the other end thereof for engagement with a threaded connecting piece (8) on the underside (5b) of the container (5). 9. A hanging device according to any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that a shaft journal (9) is provided on the bottom of the preferably cylindrical container (5) for guidance of a toilet paper role placed within said container (5) during the extraction of the paper, which shaft journal (9) is positioned on a centering plate (10) for loose placement on the bottom of the container (5) and is optionally held in place by means of the side walls (5c) and door (5d) of the container (5), said door preferably constituting about 180° of the cylindrical side wall (5c) of the container. 10. A hanging device according to one or more of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the shaft journal (9) on the centering plate (10) is adapted for insertion into the through-going hole (lb) in the base member (1) when the device is packed.

Inventors: TELLEFSEN PIA, TELLEFSEN, PIA
Applicants: TELLEFSEN PIA, TELLEFSEN, PIA
Application year: 1994
Main classification: A47K10
IPC codes: A47D15, A47G25